How
Apple
Got
Its
Start
On
April
1st
,
1976
,
Steve
Jobs
,
Steve
Wozniak
,
and
Ronald
Wayne
(
found
)
____________________
the
Apple
Computer
Company
.
The
company´s
first
product
(
be
)
____________________
the
Apple
1
,
a
computer
that
Wozniak
(
design
)
____________________
and
(
build
)
____________________
himself
.
A
few
months
after
helping
to
found
the
company
,
Ronald
Wayne
(
leave
)
____________________
(
sell
)
____________________
his
share
of
the
company
to
Jobs
and
Wozniak
for
only
$800
.
Apple
Computer
Inc
.
(
become
)
____________________
incorporated
on
January
3
,
1977
,
and
multimillionaire
Mike
Markkula
(
provide
)
____________________
essential
business
expertise
and
funding
of
$250
,
000
during
this
time
.
Between
September
1977
and
September
1980
Apple´s
yearly
sales
(
grow
)
____________________
by
an
average
annual
rate
of
533%
.
